E-scooters now available in downtown Saskatoon – Saskatoon | 24CA News
Saskatoon’s latest mode of transportation hit the downtown space in the course of the May lengthy weekend.
The metropolis’s new e-scooters make travelling by way of the downtown space and neighbouring streets extra accessible with regards to brief commutes.
Senior metropolis transportation engineer Sheliza Keltz mentioned the method started in 2021 after some push from the downtown core.
“Every time I see somebody walk by these devices, they kind of look at them and smile and they look curious, right? They’re interested in them, so we’ll see how it rolls out over this two-year pilot,” Keltz mentioned.
Companies Neuron Mobility and Bird will help within the two-year pilot program, supplying scooters for downtown, Riversdale, and the Broadway District.
“We’ve been very interested in coming to Saskatchewan since our initial launch in our Alberta and Ontario markets and saw Saskatchewan as a natural, next place to be,” mentioned Isaac Ransom of Neuron Mobility. “I know there’s enthusiasm in the city. I know that people want to ride these e-scooters. I know they want to get out and explore their city on them and I think people are going to have a great time this summer on them.”
The most vital factor the town is stressing with the introduction of the scooters is security.
“Keep safety top of mind for yourself and for the people around you on the pathways, on the roadways, wherever you’re planning on using the devices,” Ransom mentioned.
Parts of the bylaws point out that e-scooters can be utilized on shared-use paths and streets with a pace restrict of fifty km/h or much less that don’t have a cycle monitor or shared-use path.
They add that they will’t be used on sidewalks until they’re a shared-use path.
People working e-scooters have to yield to pedestrians, and likewise can’t have passengers.
Positive suggestions from the pilot program might imply enlargement sooner or later to totally different districts within the metropolis.
— with recordsdata from Global News’ Brody Langager
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